We've been keeping Daily Dead readers updated on the latest '68 issues for a while now, and we're excited to bring you an exclusive first look at '68: Jungle Jim #1, which will be out in stores on April 3rd. The four-part mini-series continues the story from the Jungle Jim one-shot, following Private Brian Curliss in a zombie-invested Vietnam:
"Vietnam, 1968: Behind enemy lines, Private Brian Curliss is alone. The enemy caged him, the dead want to devour him and the voices in his head are driving him to madness. A madness that emerges in the form of an unstoppable killing machine wrapped in burlap and bamboo...
Curliss is a one-man-army, sworn to wade through a wet red jungle gone straight to hell in search of a ghost named Jungle Jim. To the Viet Cong, he's a nightmare. To POWs trapped in enemy hands, he's salvation. To the legions of shambling, hungry dead...He's the Grim Reaper in a gas mask.
MeatGrinder Studios and Image Comics return to the grim world of '68 with an all-new, four-issue series continuing the story of Jungle Jim. The brutal sequel to the original one-shot, Jungle Jim #1 fleshes out the new dark star of the Vietnam/Zombie apocalypse. Scripted by Mark Kidwell with savage artwork by Jeff Zornow and Jay Fotos. Covers by Jeff Zornow, Nat Jones and Jay Fotos."
We recently conducted an exclusive interview with '68's Mark Kidwell and Jay Fotos. Learn more about about the creative team behind '68, find out about their future plans, and check out additional images at: http://dailydead.com/exclusive-68-jungle-jim-interview-and-preview-pages/